EPA TRI Facility · Wood Products
Great Southern Wood - Md Inc.
Hagerstown, MD · Parent: Great Southern Wood Preserving Inc
- Total releases
- 51.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 5
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Great Southern Wood - Md Inc.: how the 57.8K lbs splits
57.8K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 57.8K lbs 100.0%
Great Southern Wood - Md Inc.'s 57.8K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Arsenic compounds.
Carcinogen-classified pounds vs other reported pounds
Same cumulative TRI total as above, split by EPA/IARC carcinogen classification on each chemical: pounds share, not chemical count. Classification is not a site health-risk score.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CARC-MID
Great Southern Wood - Md Inc. is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Hagerstown, MD, in the wood products sector. It reported 6.4K lbs of releases across 3 chemicals in 2024, and 51.4K lbs in total across its 2019-2024 reporting years. That ranks 6,075 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Maryland's 152 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Great Southern Wood - Md Inc. is pounds #25 and chemical-count #29 at 51.4K lbs. Darling Ingredients Inc.- Linkwood Facility leads reported pounds (9.1M lbs) at 4 chemicals (chemical-count #37). Brandon Shores & Wagner Complex leads chemical count at 27 chemicals (560.1K lbs, pounds #9). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Schuster Concrete Ready Mix Llc-Sherman Ave; Iko Northeast Inc.; Quikrete - Hagerstown Md Plant; Holcim(us) Inc.. Similar-scale Wood Products peers outside Maryland: Appling County Pellets; Interfor U.S. Inc. - Dequincy Div; Interfor US Inc Swainsboro Div; Boise Cascade Wood Products LLC. Other Great Southern Wood Preserving Inc sites in this extract: Great Southern Wood - Bushnell Inc.; Great Southern Wood - Va Inc.; Great Southern Wood - Tuscumbia Inc.; Great Southern Wood - Jesup Inc.. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Arsenic compounds; Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region); Copper compounds; Copper And Copper Compounds.
Great Southern Wood - Md Inc. stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 5 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 51.4K lbs (2019–2024). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Appling County Pellets and Interfor U.S. Inc. - Dequincy Div.
Great Southern Wood - Md Inc. vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
51K lbs Top 23% higher than 77% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Great Southern Wood - Md Inc. in the Wood Products sector extract
Among the 823 Wood Products facilities in this database, Great Southern Wood - Md Inc. reports the 177th-largest volume, placing it in the top 21.5% of its sector. Scale peers outside Maryland include Appling County Pellets and Interfor U.S. Inc. - Dequincy Div.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Great Southern Wood - Md Inc.'s total reported releases rose from 1.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Great Southern Wood - Md Inc.'s off-site transfers rose from 1.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 2.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Great Southern Wood - Md Inc. Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Great Southern Wood - Md Inc. releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 57.8K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2024, total releases decreased by 74% (24.5K lbs to 6.4K lbs).
Great Southern Wood - Md Inc.: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2024
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
- 2024 0
What this shows Great Southern Wood - Md Inc. year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 74% from 2019 to 2024). TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production, waste handling, and reporting changes, not only with controls. Lead chemical in the extract: Arsenic compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 24.5K lbs | 3 |
| 2020 | 22.8K lbs | 3 |
| 2021 | 0 lbs | 3 |
| 2022 | 1.5K lbs | 3 |
| 2023 | 2.5K lbs | 3 |
| 2024 | 6.4K lbs | 3 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2024). 2 of 6 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Arsenic compounds | 17.9K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 17.1K lbs | - |
| Copper compounds | 15.8K lbs | - |
| Copper And Copper Compounds | 3.5K lbs | - |
| Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 2.1K lbs | - |
| Arsenic And Arsenic Compounds | 1.3K lbs | Carcinogen |
Great Southern Wood - Md Inc. · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Great Southern Wood - Md Inc.
Closest other reporters in Maryland - including Schuster Concrete Ready Mix Llc-Sherman Ave, Iko Northeast Inc., Quikrete - Hagerstown Md Plant, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 151 other reporting facilities in Maryland.
Similar Wood Products Facilities
Other Wood Products facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Maryland - e.g. Appling County Pellets, Interfor U.S. Inc. - Dequincy Div, Interfor US Inc Swainsboro Div.
Compare beyond Maryland
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Great Southern Wood - Md Inc. on cumulative reported pounds (51.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (5). Release-pound peers include Hobart Brothers Co Filler Metals Operations Troy, Komatsu America Corp, Wetumka Gas Processing Plant. Chemical-count peers include Abbvie Ltd, Lilly del Caribe Inc Carolin A, Baxter Healthcare of Puerto Rico LLC. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
- Hobart Brothers Co Filler Metals Operations Troy Troy, OH · Fabricated Metals 51.4K lbs reported
- Komatsu America Corp Peoria, IL · Machinery 51.3K lbs reported
- Wetumka Gas Processing Plant Wetumka, OK · Natural Gas Processing 51.4K lbs reported
- Fca US Kokomo Transmission Plant Kokomo, IN · Transportation Equipment 51.3K lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Great Southern Wood Preserving Inc Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Great Southern Wood - Bushnell Inc., Great Southern Wood - Va Inc., Great Southern Wood - Tuscumbia Inc..
About TRI Data
Data as of 2023 reporting year. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory.
On this page the largest disclosed chemicals include Arsenic compounds, Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Copper compounds, Copper And Copper Compounds; nearby reporters include Schuster Concrete Ready Mix Llc-Sherman Ave. Great Southern Wood - Md Inc. stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-MID carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
Use and verify this record
This Great Southern Wood - Md Inc. TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CARC-MID · lead Arsenic compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Great Southern Wood - Md Inc. totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Hagerstown, MD, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2024 (6 years). NAICS 321114 · Wood Products. 4.2% of Washington TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Hobart Brothers Co Filler Metals Operations Troy (Δ 12 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Great Southern Wood - Md Inc. stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CARC-MID · lead Arsenic compounds. PlainEnviro renders this EPA Form-R extract from its pipeline; no figure is typed in by an editor. Corrections: editorial policy.
All federal data sources used on this page
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basic Data Files - annual self-reported chemical-release filings. epa.gov
- EPA TRI Program reference - how chemicals and reported releases are counted. epa.gov
- EPA Facility Registry Service - facility location and identity. epa.gov
- EPA ECHO - regulatory and compliance context. epa.gov
- EPA Envirofacts - the EPA data warehouse exposing these datasets. epa.gov